Symbols of the Four Evangelists

St. Matthew *an angel*; St. Mark, *a lion*; St. Luke, *an ox*; St. John, *an eagle*. It is on account of its being a symbol of the Resurrection that the *lion* is assigned to St. Mark as an emblem; St. Mark being called the historian of the Resurrection. (This title he probably obtained from his gospel being used on Easter Day.) The reason why the lion is taken as a symbol of the Resurrection is to be found in the fabulous history of the animal; according to which the whelp is born dead, and only receives life at the expiration of three days, on being breathed on by its father. —What are the r…